Chapter 21

Chapter 21 What Exactly Happened Last Night

As Collin's lips hovered mere inches from Linsey's, his fingers clenched the bedsheets with an intensity that betrayed his inner turmoil.

He inhaled sharply, a desperate attempt to gather his waning self-control, and abruptly sat up.

Linsey, still lost in the depths of her dreams, shifted slightly in response. Her hands, which had been resting on Collin's arm, fell away as she turned to her other side in a soft rustle of sheets.

Collin seized this moment to gently disengage his hand and perched silently on the bed's edge, his breaths quick and

uneven.

The air was thick with her unique perfume, a seductive blend that tugged at his resolve like a siren's song.

Collin wrestled with his self-discipline, which seemed to crumble in her mere presence.

Was her allure so profound?

He had no idea what was happening, but staying wasn't an option. He had to go before he lost himself.

He had to go, and he had to go now.

as brittle as ice, he stood, his movements brisk and silent. He left the room

over him, a chilling torrent meant to quench

his drenched hair, his eyelids falling shut

the fleeting seconds that followed, Linsey's radiant smile surfaced in his mind, her rosy lips vividly painted in his memory. The lingering,

eyes flew open, shock and disbelief

noticed that he was erect, which deepened the chaos swirling

he be losing his mind? Was he devolving into

ceased, leaving behind the eerie solitude of his ragged breaths piercing the still night

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a fierce headache threatened to lure her back to the comfort

a groan, she reached for her phone, her fingers brushing against

at work."

shot upright, her mind

stark reminder of the

against her throbbing temple, struggling to piece together her hazy return to her

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